Comments on: Scientists Find First Evidence That Weather Affects Movement of Tectonic Plateshttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/14/scientists-find-first-evidence-that-weather-affects-movement-of-tectonic-plates/
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1By: gjkdtujkrwyj@gmail.comhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/14/scientists-find-first-evidence-that-weather-affects-movement-of-tectonic-plates/#comment-34979
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:36:00 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-34979nice post very interestingggggggg
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Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:22:43 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26596Egg-shell like in nature, earths crust has been exposed to heat from U.S. nuclear plants in a geologically acute manner these past 50 years, and will be for the foreseable future. Will this acute and localized heating have any effect?
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Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:41:58 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26595You’re really a terrific pro in this arena. Many thanks for remaining there humans like me.
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Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:37:32 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26594nice blog nice post you site add bookmark thanks
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Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:50:35 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26593If everyone on the east coast faced north and upon a signal denoting that all other persons on the North American plate acted in the same way with the Southern continent alligned southerly, with proper timing we could widen Panama Canal by farting.
peace jla
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Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:33:08 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26592

What I find interesting is that the end of the article admits that this cannot be an effect of global warming. This is despite the fact that the title’s wording is intended to suggest a link between the two.

Unless they’ve changed the title, I don’t think the wording is intended to suggest a link–the title says “weather”, and “weather” is not climate. Instead, I think they tried to avoid misleading. The article seems to be talking about weather events over millions of years so technically replacing the word “weather” with “climate” would give a more accurate title. That fact that they went with the less accurate title may indicate they’re trying to avoid the very thing you accuse them of–i.e. irresponsible yellow journalism. Imagine the troll influx we’d see if they used the word “climate” in the title.

Incidentally, I’m not surprised climate could affect plates, but I am surprised they found a way to measure it (assuming their methods stand up to scrutiny).

Krugwaffle: right indeed. I took the liberty of making it a bit more accurate if you don’t mind.

1. Figure out where you want to be in the political power structure in 5-10 years.
2. Decide what ‘scientific discovery’ will threaten your political or religious ideology.
3. Find an experiment that will contradict this scientific discovery.
4. Ignore every other indication to the contrary.
5. Publish, rant, lie on every blog, radio show, tv-network, think-tank website available.*
6. Repeat step 5 as necessary.

*Forget about publishing in real science journals. You need actual knowledge, not misconceptions, myths and total fabrications. Yeah, I know…that’s very unfair. Who made them the guardians of reality? My gut should count just as much as their facts.

]]>By: Billhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/14/scientists-find-first-evidence-that-weather-affects-movement-of-tectonic-plates/#comment-26591
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:44:11 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26591In the past, we thought the Earth’s core was molten from residual heat left over from the Earth’s formation. We now know that the heat from about 4.5 billion years ago would have dissipated beyond what we have today.

The densest elements such as osmium (the king of density), gold and platinum (about twice as dense as lead) tungsten, uranium and other heavy weights would have sunk to the core a long time ago making them relatively scarce on the Earth’s surface. What we get is what has been belched up in volcanoes.

Some of these dense elements such as uranium are fissionable and are responsible for providing sufficient heat to drive plate tectonics, volcanoes, and generate our magnetic field keeping the Earth alive.

In the far distant future, when the fissionable materials run out, the core will cool and the tectonic plates will freeze in place, volcanoes will stop erupting and Earth will become a dead, Mars-like planet devoid of sufficient atmosphere to breathe and filter solar radiation. The oceans will evaporate. The generator that provides our magnetic field will wind down to a stop leaving residual magnetism too weak to deflect solar particles.

Be thankful for a live Earth. It has provided well for us even though it sometimes gets a bit violent.

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Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:34:58 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26590What I find interesting is that the end of the article admits that this cannot be an effect of global warming. This is despite the fact that the title’s wording is intended to suggest a link between the two. Furthermore the intent is obviously paying off because I followed a link stating that scientist had proven that global warming is causing earthquakes.

In the end, the author should be blacklisted from any further publishing by Discover Magazine for irresponsible yellow journalism.

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Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:20:33 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26589There are conflicting opinions on the history of the tectonic plates in earths distant past. There is one theory that the tectonic plates starting moving in the ice ball earth period that lasted up to 600 million years ago and covered the entire earth. I don’t have an opinion because I’m not educated on the subject, but I think it important to point out that we don’t have the answers yet on the history of the tectonic plates.
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Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:10:45 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28046#comment-26588I have noted in the past some potential of weather and quake relationship. Also know many report possible relationships with moon-sun gravitational effects, at times there have even been claims of other planet involvements. A few of the other posts here mention additional weight of melted water from glaciers having causal relationship with plates.
I have also noticed some degree of static electricity just prior to quakes, possibly caused by piezoelectric discharges from a variety of minerals due to pressure changes. Some have claimed that animals seem to have reactions prior to quakes. So many possibilities, and yet no one has put together a fool proof manner to predict quakes. We can only hope that someday such forecasts will be as good as our weather forecasts are today. Areas could then be evacuated and power plants could be shut down, lives and other valued items could be saved…
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